Family offices boost startup investments in October, backing women's health and caregivers

Emerson Collective, the family office of Laurene Powell Jobs, was the most active family-office investor in October with three startup bets, as family offices increased their backing of women's health and caregiver-focused companies. The activity reflects continued appetite among wealthy private investors for early-stage deals at a time when venture funding remains uneven. Specific deal sizes and valuations were not disclosed in the report. The trend points to family offices filling part of the gap left by cautious institutional venture capital. What to watch next is whether this pace holds through the fourth quarter and whether other large family offices follow Emerson Collective into women's health and caregiving startups.